Silver Stamping

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Hello! I'm so excited to be sharing a couple projects for today's blog hop with Clearsnap and the CardMaker teams. A big thank you to Clearsnap for sending me a selection of chalk inks to use today. I appreciate their generosity!

I love the properties of chalk inks. The colors are so vibrant and dry to a lovely, matte finish. Clearsnap has such a great variety of colors in this range too.You should have arrived from Chana Malkah Harris's blog. I've posted the full list below for all the participants, in case you've missed any stops along the way.

I had gratitude in mind today with both of my cards!I think this card came together in about 15 minutes. I used Lipstick Red, Cheeky (pink), Chive (green), and Splash (a light turquoise blue color) to stamp this card. These colors are so cheerful together!I lightly marked in pencil on a panel of solar white cardstock where I wanted my sentiment to be. The easiest way to do this is to set the clear sentiment in place without the acrylic block. The reason I did this was to ensure the sentiment was going to be on top of any flowers added around it.I stamped the flowers to frame this area and allowed to completely dry. I then stamped the sentiment. The quick addition of the leaves and a few dots of Splash ink finishes the card. It's a fast design that would be also be perfect if you have multiples to make. You could also swap out the sentiment for a great birthday or anniversary card.One thing to note is how well these inks work with clear stamps. Sometimes larger, "flat" images can stamp mottled or unevenly with some inks. This is just not the case with Clearsnap's chalk inks. The impression is solid and crisp. I just love how well they worked!thanks

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Hello everyone! I'm very excited to be joining the Reverse Confetti design team today for a blog hop, featuring their products. They were kind enough to send us products to use!

If Reverse Confetti is new to you, I think you're in for a treat! The products are darling. The images are super cute, the fonts are modern and there are plenty of dies for any type of project. I'm a huge fan and a happy customer. To inspire you, we have a fantastic line-up today of designers with great projects.

You should have arrived from Laurie Schmidlin's blog. However, I've included the entire hop list below in the event you've gotten off track.

The sentiments of the Celebrations stamp set are really wonderful. I created a quick card with minimal supplies. In fact, I think this would be a great card to create in multiples.

It's impossible to tell in the picture, but I added a bit of shimmer to the stamped confetti before adding the sequins.

Dad

I thought of this as soon as I saw the stitched pocket in the Tie-Rific Confetti Cuts and it translated just as I imagined! It's a pocket card... with a pocket! My dad is a button-down shirt kind of guy and I thought of him as I created. I used a natural white cardstock to match the off-white buttons. And the white center panel reminded me of dad's undershirts. ;)

The pocket card was created from a 4.25" x 11" strip of cardstock. I scored at 5.5" (just like a top-folding card). I used a super-strong adhesive to adhere the sides of together. However, the deviation in this version is to fold down one corner for my collar.

Of course, the little pocket is a perfect place to tuck an added sentiment. I inked each word separately, stamped, and cleaned carefully before repeating with the second word. It's just as easy to cut the stamps apart, if you don't mind a little polymer surgery.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Hello everyone!I'm incredibly excited to be posting a project today with the CardMaker blog team, featuring projects using stamps from The Greeting Farm.You should have arrived from the CardMaker blog. The full hop list is below so you can view all the great projects today. We'd love it if you joined along!

Without further ado, here's my first project.Get Well Soon:The Greeting Farm kindly let us all pick an image or clear set to use. I selected the Christmas stamp set called Let It Snow by The Greeting Farm. When I first saw the bear in the set, I thought he could be holding a hot mug of soup and altered to look like he's under the weather.

I inked the bear image and used a Q-tip to remove the ink from his mouth. I stamped on white cardstock and then used a Copic Multi-liner pen to draw in a sad face. I know when I'm ill, I tend to look rather pathetic, wrapped up in a blanket with a mug of something warm in hand.I love using holiday images for non-holiday projects! Talk about getting more for your money! This bear is so cute too, isn't he?I colored the image simply with Copic markers. I used a handheld Dymo label maker to create my sentiment.My next project is a set of holiday gift tags.

I promise myself every year that I'm going to create my own gift tags for Christmas. And every year, I get down to the wire on holiday preparations and must jettison the idea. It's a good year when I can get my gifts wrapped in time. ;)The plan this year is to create a few tags each month and tuck them away for my marathon wrapping session. Tell me I'm not the only person to leave the wrapping until the last possible moment? So far, I have two sets of tags ready to go, which is two sets more than I made last year.I usually wrap my gifts in silver paper, so I chose a soft pool color and silver cord to coordinate. Super fast and super simple.Your next stop on the hop is Dawn Lusk. Be sure to visit and leave a comment. Word on the street... The Greeting Farm will be giving away a $50 gift certificate on their blog. What a great prize!Thanks for stopping by!Lisa-----------------------------------------Affiliate links provided where availableSupplies:Stamps: Let It Snow (The Greeting Farm)Other: Dymo Label Maker - handheld (Amazon)

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Hello! I'm very excited to be hopping with the CardMaker blog team today, highlighting Ranger Industriesproducts. We were sent the Tim Holtz Distress Crayons to showcase in this hop.You should have arrived from Linda Beeson's blog. The full hop list is below so you can view all the great projects today. We'd love it if you joined along!

Let's jump into the projects, shall we?Both of my projects were a bit of an experiment. I thought I'd try my hand at mixed media. While it's not my daily go-to style, I had a lot of fun pulling the elements together.Butterfly Wish

Place the Flourishes stencil over the panel and cover with Transparent Gloss texture paste and allowed to dry

Using the Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon crayons, color over the background. Blend the crayons with your finger, achieving green, orange, and purple in the background.

Use a damp cloth or baby wipe to remove the crayon from the transparent texture pasted areas. Since the background was treated with the Distress Medium adhesive, the color will remove from these areas as well, so hit only the high spots.

Complete your card and embellish with a medallion and paper string

Here's a close-up of the background:

While my supplies were out, I thought I'd try a second card with a slight variation.Bright:

Color the background with Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon crayons. Blend the crayons with your finger, achieving green, orange, and purple in the background.

Place the Lace stencil over the panel and covered with Transparent Gloss texture paste and allow to dry. This step needs to be done carefully. The addition of the texture paste will "move" the crayon a bit and it will be easy to overwork the background. An overworked background = mud = trash bin = : (

Use a damp cloth or baby wipe to remove the crayon from the open background areas. Since the background was treated with the Distress Medium adhesive, the color will remove easily. All of the crayon under the transparent paste will be trapped.

Complete your card and embellish with ribbon

Overall, the Distress Crayons are a unique product with very interesting properties. The colors are vibrant and blend well. I know I have more experiments in mind and can't wait to see what the rest of the team created! They are sure to inspire!